CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-5353

3.5 LOW Published 2014-12-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-12-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a successful LDAP query with no results, as demonstrated by using an incorrect object type for a password policy.

Affected configurations

• mit kerberos 5 (< 1.13.1) • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • fedoraproject fedora 22 • debian debian linux 7.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.10 • oracle solaris 10 • oracle solaris 11.2 • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References